Birds of Lombok
Alan Leishman
Reference Books and internet links
- http://birdingasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Myers-Lombok.pdf
- · Birds of Indonesia - Morten Strange
- · Burung-Burung di Kawasan Indonesia Wallacea, Sulawesi, Maluku dan Nusa Tenggara – Coates, Bishop, Gardner
- · http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=idlslo&list=clements
- http://www.xeno-canto.org/
Birds
“Our garden
is populated with the unfortunately named yellow-vented bulbul (the locals call
them cerucuk which I prefer) and loads of swallows, swifts or
swiftlets of some sort. We also see bee-eaters, red-chested flower-pecker,
pretty little sunbirds, a pair of pied trillers, oriental white eyes,
occasional cuckoos, finches, kingfishers (two varieties at least), maybe a
woodpecker, and I believe there is an owl up behind Studio One. Have seen it
once or twice and recent guests heard it at night. Overhead we get Brahmini
kites and white bellied sea eagles and, over the ocean in the distance, frigate
birds.” Personal
communication Mark Heyward, The Studio, The Hill, Batu Layar, Lombok.
During our
stay Nov.2012 to April 2013, we observed most of the above except the cuckoos, (but see Coucal comment below ) and
the woodpecker.
Additional
birds spotted on the Hill and comments thereon are:
·
Kingfisher - still needs identification because the
birdsong does not correspond well with any of the 8
historical and current known species listed by Myers & Bishop in
2005.
·
Brown
throated Sunbird MS p 322
·
White
shouldered Triller MS p 232
·
White
breasted Wood Swallow MS p 371
·
Javan
Munia MS p 348
·
Yellow vented
Bull-Bul MS p 240
·
Pale headed
Munia MS p 352 (White-headed) nesting.
·
Zebra Finch MS p 347
·
White
breasted Waterhen MS p 92
·
Rinjani
Scops- Owl - New species world wide
announced in Feb.2013 in Lombok – identified by voice short whistle repeated
sometimes at regular intervals at dusk and dawn.
·
Lesser Coucal MS p 135
(identified by voice only)
·
Black fronted
Flowerpecker (Diaceum Igniferum)
female MS p 317
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